FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 18, 2008
Spruce Creek, Plant, Nease, P.K. Yonge, Bolles, Lafayette, Tampa Prep, FAMU, Trinity Christian lead Dodge Sunshine Cup all-sports award standings
GAINESVILLE – Spruce Creek (Port Orange), Plant (Tampa), Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), Bolles (Jacksonville), Lafayette (Mayo), Tampa Prep, FAMU (Tallahassee) and Trinity Christian (Lake Worth) lead their respective classifications following winter sports competition in the 2007-08 Dodge Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards Point Standings.
Spruce Creek (Port Orange), with 550 points, holds a 36.5-point margin over second-place Cypress Bay (Weston) in the Class 6A overall standings. Plant (Tampa) totalled 628.5 points to take the lead in Class 5A over St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), which finished the fall with 616.5 points. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach) is tops is Class 4A with 725 points over Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), which finished with 609 points. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) leads the Class 3A public school category with 451.5 points, 178 points better than Florida High (Tallahassee). Bolles (Jacksonville), with 669.5 points, is out in front of the Class 3A private schools, 27.5 points better than second-place Lake Highland Prep (Orlando). Lafayette (Mayo), with 191 points, sets the pace in Class 2A public schools, while second-place Port St. Joe finished the winter with 157.5 points. In Class 2A private schools, Tampa Prep, with 439.5 points, boasts a 36.5-point margin over Community School (Naples). FAMU (Tallahassee) earned the lead in the Class 1A public school category with 247.5 points, 89.5 points ahead of rival Paxton. Finally, Trinity Christian (Lake Worth), with 209 points, finished the winter 21 points better than second-place Bradenton Prep in the Class 1A private school category.
The Dodge Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards are presented by Dodge and Your Florida Dodge Dealers, the official vehicle of the Florida High School Athletic Association.
For the 2007-08 school year, the 650 member senior high schools have been divided into six classifications for administrative purposes based on the enrollments submitted to the FHSAA Office in October 2004, which were used to discern the classifications as they are drawn up now. In accordance with a Board mandate at its November 2002 meeting, Classes 1A, 2A and 3A are further subdivided into public and private categories. An all-sports award will be presented in each of these nine categories in overall, girls and boys divisions at the conclusion of the 2007-08 school year.
Points are awarded a school based on its finish in FHSAA State Series competition in each sport in the classification in which it has been assigned to compete. The top 16 places are scored. In bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100 for the state champion, 90 for the state runner-up, 83 for the state semifinalists, 60 for 5-8th places, and 25 for 9-16th places. In non-bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100, 90, 85, 80, 70, 63, 56, 49, 38, 34, 30, 26, 22, 18, 14, 10. Schools get a 5-point bonus for winning a district or regional championship, and points are deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct: 0.5 points for student-athlete ejection/unsportsmanlike conduct incident; 1.0 for student-athlete gross unsportsmanlike conduct incident; 2.0 for coach ejection/unsportsmanlike conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; and approximately 3-5 additional points deducted for a school or team-based violation (e.g., bench-clearing brawl, coaches take team off the field, etc.). When two or more schools are tied for a particular place in a sport, the points allotted for those places are shared equally by the schools that are tied. In the event of a tie for the award in either the overall, girls or boys divisions at the end of the school year, the following tiebreakers will be used: (1) number of state team championships won; (2) number of state team runners-up finishes; (3) number of regional team championships won; (4) number of regional team runners-up finishes; (5) number of district team championships won; and (6) number of district team runners-up finishes.
Winners will be honored in their communities by local Dodge dealers during the 2008-09 school year.
Here are the top 10 teams in the overall standings, as well as girls program and boys program standings:
Overall Standings
CLASS 6A1. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 550 points.
2. Cypress Bay (Weston), 513.5.
3. Winter Park, 467.5.
4. Olympia (Orlando), 382.5.
5. Melbourne, 354.
6. Oviedo, 331.5.
7. Jupiter, 301.
8. Timber Creek (Orlando), 300.3.
9. Boca Raton, 285.5.
10. Buchholz (Gainesville), 280.
CLASS 5A1. Plant (Tampa), 628.5 points.
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 616.5.
3. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 544.
4. Leon (Tallahassee), 428.
5. Newsome (Lithia), 408.
6. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 397.
7. Wharton (Tampa), 327.5.
8. Niceville, 311.5.
9. Manatee (Bradenton), 298.5.
10. Chiles (Tallahassee), 286.
CLASS 4A1. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 725 points.
2. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 609.
3. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 560.5.
4. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 456.
5. Gulf Breeze, 410.
6. Washington (Pensacola), 397.
7. Naples, 328.5.
8. Nature Coast (Brooksville), 308.
9. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 219.
10. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 217.
CLASS 3A PUBLIC1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 451.5 points.
2. Florida High (Tallahassee), 273.5.
3. Newberry, 189.
4. Dunbar (Fort Myers), 188.
5. Wildwood, 120.
6. Marianna, 116.5.
7. Pahokee, 111.
8. Madison County (Madison), 110.
9. Parkway (Miramar), 109.5.
10. Frostproof, 103.
CLASS 3A PRIVATE1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 669.5 points.
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 642.
3. American Heritage (Plantation), 519.
4. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 454.
5. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 444.5.
6. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 412.
7. Pensacola Catholic, 385.5.
8. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 311.5.
9. (tie) Melbourne Central Catholic, 264.
9. (tie) Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 264.
CLASS 2A PUBLIC1. Lafayette (Mayo), 191 points.
2. Port St. Joe, 157.5.
3. Baker, 65.
4. Cottondale, 64.5.
5. Fort Meade, 61.5.
6. (tie) Blountstown, 60.
6. (tie) Sneads, 60.
8. Bozeman (Panama City), 37.8.
9. (tie) Ponce de Leon, 30.
9. (tie) Vernon, 30.
CLASS 2A PRIVATE1. Tampa Prep, 439.5 points.
2. Community School (Naples), 403.
3. Maclay (Tallahassee), 384.
4. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 318.5.
5. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee), 312.
6. King's Academy (West Palm Beach), 306.5.
7. Orangewood Christian (Maitland), 280.5.
8. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 234.
9. Dade Christian (Miami), 231.5.
10. Providence (Jacksonville), 230.
CLASS 1A PUBLIC1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 247.5 points.
2. Paxton, 158.
3. Graceville, 90.
4. (tie) Carter-Parramore (Quincy), 30.
4. (tie) Malone, 30.
6. 8 schools tied with zero points.
CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Trinity Christian (Lake Worth), 209 points.
2. Bradenton Prep, 188.
3. Seffner Christian, 178.
4. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 169.5.
5. Grandview Prep (Boca Raton), 165.
6. Merritt Island Christian, 158.
7. Sarasota Christian, 150.
8. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 125.
9. Trinity Christian (Deltona), 117.
10. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 115.
Girls Standings
CLASS 6A
1. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 301 points.
2. Timber Creek (Orlando), 298.3.
3. Buchholz (Gainesville), 280.
4. Cypress Bay (Weston), 240.
5. Lourdes (Miami), 230.
CLASS 5A
1. Plant (Tampa), 364.5 points.
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 350.5.
3. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 310.
4. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 302.
5. Newsome (Lithia), 273.
CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 402 points.
2. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 365.
3. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 343.
4. Gulf Breeze, 267.
5. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 252.
CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 285 points.
2. Florida High (Tallahassee), 116.
3. Parkway (Miramar), 110.
4. Dunbar (Fort Myers), 100.
5. Ribault (Jacksonville), 93.
CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 540 points.
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 332.
3. American Heritage (Plantation), 275.
4. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 255.
5. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 242.
CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Lafayette (Mayo), 99.5 points.
2. (tie) Baker, 65.
2. (tie) Cottondale, 65.
4. Bozeman (Panama City), 37.8.
5. (tie) Sneads, 30.
5. (tie) Ponce de Leon, 30.
CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee), 198 points.
2. Maclay (Tallahassee), 195.
3. Tampa Prep, 192.
4. (tie) King's Academy (West Palm Beach), 165.
4. (tie) St. Stephen's (Bradenton), 165.
CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Paxton, 93 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 59.5.
3. Malone, 30.
4. 12 schools with zero points.
CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Merritt Island Christian, 158 points.
2. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 110.
3. Trinity Christian (Lake Worth), 105.
4. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 100.
5. (tie) Sarasota Christian, 95.
5. (tie) Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 95.
Boys Standings
CLASS 6A
1. Cypress Bay (Weston), 273.5 points.
2. Winter Park, 259.
3. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 249.
4. Columbus (Miami), 228.
5. Winter Springs, 214.
CLASS 5A
1. Jesuit (Tampa), 276.5 points.
2. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 266 points.
3. Plant (Tampa), 264.
4. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 242.
5. Brandon, 207.
CLASS 4A
1. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 360 points.
2. Washington (Pensacola), 317.
3. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 219.
4. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 217.5.
5. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 212.
CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 166.5 points.
2. Florida High (Tallahassee), 157.5.
3. Marianna, 117.
4. Pahokee, 113.
5. Madison County (Madison), 110.
CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 337.5 points.
2. American Heritage (Plantation), 244.
3. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 218.
4. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 199.
5. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 188.
CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Port St. Joe, 157.5 points.
2. Lafayette (Mayo), 91.5.
3. Fort Meade, 61.5.
4. Blountstown, 60.
5. (tie) Sneads, 30.
5. (tie) Vernon, 30.
CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Community School (Naples), 253 points.
2. Tampa Prep, 247.5.
3. Jupiter Christian, 204.5.
4. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 200.5.
5. Maclay (Tallahassee), 189.
CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 188 points.
2. Graceville, 90.
3. Paxton, 65.
4. Carter-Parramore (Quincy), 30.
5. 10 schools tied with zero points.
CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Bradenton Prep, 188 points.
2. Grandview Prep (Boca Raton), 165.
3. Trinity Christian (Deltona), 117.
4. Seffner Christian, 113.
5. (tie) Circle Christian (Orlando), 110.
5. (tie) Orlando Christian Prep, 110.
Contact:
Laurel Ring
Director of Special Programs, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 350
lring@fhsaa.org
